§ MR. JACOBY (Derbyshire, Mid)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will sanction the payment of the travelling expenses of the County Councillors who are engaged on the Boundary Committees under the recent Act?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREThe question whether the expenses referred to are expenses of a Committee within the meaning of Section 72 of the Local Government Act, 1894, is a legal one; and as the Board may have to determine the point in the exercise of their appellate jurisdiction on appeals against the 287 decision of auditors, they have not been prepared to advise on the question of the legality of such payments. If the payment is lawful, no sanction of the Board can be required.